Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia and Uzbekistan Ngo Duc Manh has held several meetings with Uzbekistan officials to seek measures to consolidate and promote the traditional Vietnam-Uzbekistan friendship in the new situation.

The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on March 31 held a ceremony to celebrate the 48th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Australia.

The 21st ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting was held via video conference on March 31, to review the implementation of activities and cooperation programmes within the framework of the ASEAN-India strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Vuong Dinh Hue took the oath of absolute loyalty to the Fatherland, the People, and the Constitution on the morning of March 31, as he was sworn into office as Chairman of the 14th National Assembly (NA).

Three defendants in the central province of Khanh Hoa got sentences on charges of “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Clause 1, Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

VOV.VN - The People’s Court of Lam Dong province in the Central Highlands on March 30 sentenced Vu Tien Chi, a local resident, to a 10-year jail term on a charge of making, storing and disseminating documents against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Archaeologists have recently found various traces of prehistoric people who lived some 10,000 years ago in Doi Cave, Nho Quan District in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) will play a crucial role in people-to-people diplomacy and mobilisation of foreign non-governmental aids, according to its statutes recently approved by the Prime Minister.

The 14th National Assembly listened to working reports of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy for the 2016-2021 tenure and a report examining them during a plenary session in Hanoi on March 25, as part of its ongoing 11th session.

VOV.VN - Co-operative ties between Hanoi and Italian localities have enjoyed a strong period of development in recent times, Chu Ngoc Anh, chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi, stated during a reception held on March 24 in Hanoi for Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonion Alessandro.